“the word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles,”
Jeremiah 46
23 of 28 verses have a reading · Berean Standard Bible
1This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
2concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:
“against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh Necho, the king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of…”
3"Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
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4Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!
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5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!" declares the LORD.
“Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back, and their mighty ones are beaten down and fled apace, and look not back, for fear was round about, saith the Lord.”
6"The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
“Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape, they shall stumble and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.”
7Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters churn?
“Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?”
8Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, 'I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.'
“Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers, and he saith, I will go up and will cover the earth and will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.”
9Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth— Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
“Come up ye horses and rage ye chariots, and let the mighty men come forth, the Ethiopians and the Libyans that handle the shield, and the Lydians that handle and bend the bow.”
10For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
“For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries, and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood, for the Lord God of hosts hath a…”
11Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
“Go up into Gilead, and take Balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt. In vain shalt thou use many medicines, for thou shalt not be cured.”
12The nations have heard of your shame, and your outcry fills the earth, because warrior stumbles over warrior and both of them have fallen together."
“The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land, for the mighty men have stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together.”
13This is the word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt:
“The word that the Lord spake to Jeremiah the prophet, verse 13, how Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, should come and smite the land of Egypt.”
14"Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: 'Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.'
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15Why have your warriors been laid low? They cannot stand, for the LORD has thrust them down.
“Why are the valiant men swept away? They stood not, because the Lord did drive them.”
16They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, 'Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.'
“He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another. And they said, arise and let us go again to our own people and to the land of our nativity from the oppressing sword.”
17There they will cry out: 'Pharaoh king of Egypt was all noise; he has let the appointed time pass him by.'
“They did cry there, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt is but a noise. He hath passed the time appointed.”
“they did cry there Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise and he hath passed the time appointed”
18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
“As I live, saith the king, whose name is the Lord of hosts, surely as Tabor is among the mountains and Carmel by the sea, so shall it come.”
19Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
“O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity, for Nof shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.”
20Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.
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21Even the mercenaries among her are like fattened calves. They too will turn back; together they will flee, they will not stand their ground, for the day of calamity is coming upon them— the time of their punishment.
“Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks, for they are turned back and are fled away together. They did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them and the time of their visitation.”
22Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.
“The voice thereof shall go like a serpent, for they shall march with an army and come against her with axes and hewers of wood.”
23They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
“They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched, because they are more than the grasshoppers and are innumerable.”
24The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north."
“The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded. She shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.”
25The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: "Behold, I am about to punish Amon god of Thebes, along with Pharaoh, Egypt with her gods and kings, and those who trust in Pharaoh.
“The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith, Behold, I will punish the multitude of Noah and Pharaoh and Egypt with their gods and their kings, even Pharaoh, and all of them that trust in him.”
26I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
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27But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
“But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob. Be not dismayed, O Israel. For behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity. And Jacob shall return and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make…”
28And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished."
“Fear thou not, O Jacob, my servant, saith the Lord. For I am with thee, and I will make a full end of all of the nations, whether I have driven thee. But I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure. Yet will I…”